A Quote by Paul Sloane

The innovative leader has to be an arsonist and a firefighter.

Paul Sloane

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Arsonist Firefighter Innovative Leader

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Paul Sloane
American - Author
Born: May 3, 1950

It's important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted to be a firefighter, but then acting came along. I have to have a plan B.

Jake T. Austin

I love acting - I love doing it. It's a lot of fun, but for the longest time, I wanted to become a firefighter. I still do want to become a firefighter.

Ryan Potter

Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

Yoshihiko Noda

There is a fantasy in Redmond that Microsoft products are innovative, but this is based entirely on a peculiar confusion of the words "innovative" and "successful." Microsoft products are successful - they make a lot of money - but that doesn't make them innovative, or even particularly good.

Robert X. Cringely

As governor, I'll work to make New Mexico a national leader in clean energy by moving to renewable energies such as solar and wind and through innovative, smart policy and practices such as methane mitigation.

Michelle Lujan Grisham

Companies have to be innovative in leading with values the same way they have to be innovative in their products and services.

John Gerzema

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

Peter Diamandis

Stealing something from Apple is the most innovative way to be seen as an innovative, digital-first company.

Sarah Cooper

It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

Andy Hargreaves

God is a refiner, not an arsonist.

Neva Coyle

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.